Many church buildings fall prey to the battles of and movement of troops during the war. One such structure this month is the Enon Baptist Church of Chesterfield County, Virginia. As a part of the grand Union strategy of capturing Richmond, Union Mayor General Benjamin Butler is working his way toward Chesterfield County between Richmond…
On this second day of the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in Virginia, Union and Confederate forces set about trying to form their respective lines to the best possible advantage in anticipation of the fighting to come. In the midst of the jockeying for position, Union Major General John Sedgwick is killed by a Confederate…
Today the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House begins, the second battle of the long Wilderness Campaign in which Union General Ulysses S. Grant, with the long term goal of capturing nearby Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital, attempts to outmaneuver and wear down Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Having fought Grant to…